Example sentences of "which [be] [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have seen Water Board engineers using angle rods to locate a water main , presumably because it was more effective than relying on plans , which are apt to be inaccurate , and easier than trial and error . |
| 2 | up to a point I have been able to illustrate this theme by drawing attention to contrasts which are likely to be familiar to all my readers , e.g. the difference in modern Western societies between monetary and non-monetary exchanges . |
| 3 | Furthermore , there are certain aspects of Derrida 's own strategies of writing which are likely to be familiar to anyone with any experience of literature . |
| 4 | Without an explicit theory , it is not clear whether the important underlying variable is indeed of a psycho-social kind , or whether it is ( for example ) associated with the looser social ties between the individual and the local group which are likely to be congruent with a high level of social ambition . |
| 5 | Therefore , at present , it is wise to design to work with systems which are likely to be available in schools in the near future , though options requiring extra facilities may sometimes be explored . |
| 6 | He reckons the chancellor has awakened get-rich-quick expectations in East Germans which are likely to be disappointed . |
| 7 | The intended output will be the identification of areas where reconceptualisation is required , with a view to defining new lines of social science research which are likely to be relevant to future attempts at policy formulation , both nationally and internationally . |
| 8 | Try to steer away from foods which are based on sugar , and avoid dishes which are likely to be salty , such as crisps , chips , sausages etc . |
| 9 | Most of the publications which are likely to be interested in using pictures like these do not use colour photographs , so there is no point in wasting money taking them . |
| 10 | Instead of going into all the details of this stage , which are likely to be inapplicable to other designs , as they are so dependent on personal likes and dislikes , I simply show you the design limits worked out ( fig.1 ) and what I made . |
| 11 | We have discussed how the requirement for external confidentiality will limit the approach to potential purchasers and the consequential sale strategy which will involve contacting only a small number of potential purchasers , most of which are likely to be foreign companies . |
| 12 | The Law Society conceded that it might ‘ … be suitable for some tribunal proceedings or even some criminal proceedings in magistrates ’ courts , ’ but remained ‘ firmly convinced of the necessity for retaining the certificate [ legal aid ] procedure for cases which are likely to be lengthy and costly . ’ |
| 13 | assuming that you choose to purchase a microcomputer , there is the choice of hardware In practice it is often the selection of software which determines this choice , but there are certain hardware features which are likely to be important . |
| 14 | If the regulatory framework permits the transfer to customers of the whole cost of rising fuel bills , but makes no allowance for investment , generating companies would have an incentive to build the cheapest possible power plants , which are likely to be costly and inefficient in the use of fuel . |
| 15 | There appear to be four main Soviet categories for Latin American regimes : ( i ) ‘ revolutionary democratic ’ states or ( a label rarely applied ) states of ‘ socialist orientation ’ , such as post-1979 Nicaragua and 1979–83 Grenada ; ( ii ) capitalist , yet ‘ progressive ’ and ‘ anti-imperialist regimes which are willing to be friendly to the Soviet Union and stand up to the United States , such as Mexico and panama ( particularly under General Omar Torrijos ( 1969–81 ) , who negotiated a treaty with the Carter administration providing for complete Panamanian sovereignty over the Canal by 1999 , a campaign that was strongly supported by Moscow ) . |
| 16 | The requirements of such a system may lead to a number of outcomes , some of which are unlikely to be beneficial to the child . |
| 17 | The anonymous donor of a very large sum to a very worthy cause has his own reasons for wishing to remain anonymous , which are unlikely to be discreditable . |
| 18 | It will certainly not provide the stability necessary for rights which are supposed to be inalienable and imprescriptible , let alone self-evident . |
| 19 | The most productive tree in a village or orchard is chosen for a party and pieces of toast are hung in the branches to attract robins which are supposed to be good spirits . |
| 20 | I used to believe it was possible to make forecasts — market forecasts in particular — which were likely to be accurate . |
| 21 | The course planned to use some experimental learning and group work exercises , both of which were likely to be new concepts to the participants . |
| 22 | If he held his own with other boys in the struggle for power he could hardly help behaving in ways which were unlikely to be lovable — a fact which assumed a definite importance when the only hope of affection came from those same boys . |
| 23 | The main attraction will be Hall Green 's Kildare Slippy , which is certain to be odds-on after breaking the clock in last Saturday night 's semi-final . |
| 24 | He 's been as the R E , which is reasonable to be fair . |
| 25 | It will be writing a native implementation of SoftPC for the PowerPC Mac , which is due to be available when Apple first ships the machines in January or February . |
| 26 | The company says that as well as launching an Am486 using Intel microcode , it still plans to go ahead with its clean version , which is due to be available in June , and production will be increased during the second half . |
| 27 | The behaviourist theory of knowledge says that for someone , S , to know or believe that some proposition p is true is for S to be disposed to behave in some way which is supposed to be appropriate to the world 's being as p says . |
| 28 | In a science which is supposed to be international , such provincialism is inexcusable . |
| 29 | It amounts to £92.5 million over five years which is supposed to be additional money to what is already budgeted . |
| 30 | In the case of human beings of course you have to notice that men seem to have an advantage because as I think I mention i in the lectures , it 's perfectly possible , you see this happening in our own society which is supposed to be monogamous , perfectly possible for a man to get married , raise a family and then in his forties to desert his wife and raise a second family . |